. >>> people in spain lining up to buy tickets for the legendary christmas lottery. sales down for the 200th el gordo, which will hand out $3.5 billion. >> young folks in denver turned out for a flash mob to celebrate that the world did not end after all. they sang the classic rem song "it's the end of the world as we know it." even though it wasn't. >>> the president and congress home for the holidays. president obama and the first family left for hawaii and their christmas vacation. kristen welker in hawaii and with a good morning to you. kristen, i know are you in hawaii, but it's not vacation. the question i think air force one landed a couple of hours ago? >> yep, about two hours ago, alex certainly not a vacation for me. >> 2:30 in the morning there, right? >> quite early here. and president obama beginning his vacation against the back drop you just described. washington still in disarray. seemed earlier this week, the president obama, house speaker john boehner, would get a deal that would include deficit reduction and tax reform. that has fallen apart. so th